JPH0911754A - Installing structure of gusset for door, guide rail, and glass run - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To install a gusset for door and a guide rail in a single operation, by forming insert holes to the main body metal fitting of the gusset for door, to the bottom wall of the channel form of guide rail, and the like, and inserting a clip having a head and a removal preventive part on both ends of its shaft, to those insert holes. CONSTITUTION: At the upper part of the door panel 30 of an automobile, a gusset 1 for door composed by insert injection molding a rubber 3 to a main body metal fitting 2 is assembled, and the first insert hole 6 is penetrated to a step wall 5 at the right side of the gusset main body metal fitting 2. And at the lower end of the main body metal fitting 2, a channel form of guide rial 7 extending obliquely in the up and down direction is provided, the bottom wall 8 at the upper part of the guide rail 7 is abutted to the step wall 5 of the main body metal fitting 2, and the second insert hole 9 is penetrated at the position corresponding to the insert hole 6. And, under the condition the third insert hole 12 formed to the bottom wall 11 of a glass run 10, and the other insert holes 6 and 9 are made coinsident, a clip 13 having a head 15 and a removal preventive part 16 at both ends of its shaft 14 is inserted to combine three members 2, 7, and 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for attaching a guide rail and a glass run for guiding a door glass inside the door panel to a door gusset mounted on an upper portion of a door panel of an automobile. This door gusset functions as a bracket for mounting a door mirror when the door mirror is mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a rubber part 5 is attached to a body metal fitting 52 at the upper part of a door panel 60 of many recent automobiles.
A door gusset 51 formed by insert injection molding 3 is assembled. The upper half of the door gusset 51 projects above the door panel 60 in a substantially triangular shape, and the lower half enters the inside of the door panel 60. A channel-shaped guide rail 41 that extends inside the door panel 60 and guides the door glass 61 is provided on the gusset body metal fitting 52 in the lower half.
The upper end of is attached. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the nut 44 is welded to the step wall 54 of the main body metal fitting 52, the screw insertion hole 45 is provided in the guide rail 41, and the screw 46 is screwed from the inside of the guide rail 41. It is attached by inserting it into 45 and screwing it into the nut 44.

A glass run 48 made of rubber and having substantially the same length as that of the guide rail 41 is mounted inside the guide rail 41 so as to guide up and down while holding the front edge of the door glass 61. In this structure, the bottom wall 49 of the glass run 48 is mounted in a state of being floated from the bottom wall 42 of the guide rail 41 by the height of the head of the screw 46, and is not fixed to the guide rail 41. The sliding of the glass 61 causes vertical movement within the guide rail 41. In order to prevent displacement or drop due to this vertical movement, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower end portion (or both upper and lower end portions) of the guide rail 41 is used.
An L-shaped hooking claw 43 is formed on the. Latch claw 43
Is the lower end surface 50 (or both upper and lower end surfaces) of the glass run 48
And the vertical movement of the glass run 48 in the guide rail 41 is restricted (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-124439).

[0004]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional structure, it takes a lot of time to weld the nut 44 to the body fitting 52 and screw the screw 46 to the nut 44. Further, the work of processing the hook claws 43 on the end portions of the guide rails 41 is considerably troublesome, leading to an increase in cost. Further, the bottom wall 4 of the guide rail 41
2 and the bottom wall 49 of the glass run 48, an extra space 47 corresponding to the height of the head of the screw 46 is formed. Therefore, the height of the guide rail 41 is increased by the space 47, and the door panel 60. The space occupied by the guide rail 41 in the inside was large.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to attach the door gusset, the guide rail and the glass run with one touch, and at the same time to regulate the vertical movement of the glass run within the guide rail. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost by using a guide rail with a simple shape without hooking claws. Furthermore, the height of the guide rail can be kept to the necessary minimum, and the space occupied by the guide rail in the door panel can be reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a door gusset, a guide rail, and a glass run, which can reduce the amount of space and effectively use the remaining space.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a mounting structure for a door gusset according to the present invention, a guide rail, and a glass run is a main body fitting for a door gusset to be assembled on an upper portion of an automobile door panel. A first insertion hole is provided in the bottom wall of the channel-shaped guide rail extending into the door panel, and a third insertion hole is provided in the bottom wall of the glass run mounted inside the guide rail. ,
It is characterized in that a clip having a head portion and a retaining portion at both ends of the shaft portion is inserted from the retaining portion into the mutually aligned first insertion hole, second insertion hole and third insertion hole.

Here, the first insertion hole, the second insertion hole, and the third insertion hole may be one set, but it is preferable that two or more sets are provided at two or more locations spaced from each other. The clip is preferably made of elastic resin or rubber. The shank of the clip may be of a size and shape that can enter each insertion hole, the head may be of a size and shape that cannot enter each insertion hole, and the retaining part can enter each insertion hole only in the insertion direction. Need only be sized and shaped so as not to return in the opposite direction. The clip is usually inserted from the inside of the glass run in the order of the third insertion hole, the second insertion hole, and the first insertion hole, but from the body metal fitting side of the door gusset, the first insertion hole, the second insertion hole, and the third insertion hole. It can also be inserted in the order of the insertion holes.

[0008]

According to the mounting structure of the present invention, the door gusset, the guide rail, and the glass run are one-touched by simply inserting the clips into the first insertion hole, the second insertion hole, and the third insertion hole which are aligned with each other. At the same time, the vertical movement of the glass run in the guide rail can be restricted, and thus a simple guide rail without hooks can be used. In addition, the screws that were conventionally interposed between the bottom wall of the guide rail and the bottom wall of the glass run can be eliminated, and the extra space formed between both bottom walls can be eliminated. The height of can be kept to the minimum necessary.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mounting structure for a door gusset, a guide rail and a glass run embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, at the upper part of the door panel 30 of the automobile shown in FIG.
The door gusset 1 formed by insert injection molding is assembled. The upper half of the door gusset 1 projects above the door panel 30 in a substantially triangular shape, and the lower half enters the interior of the door panel 30. The gusset body metal fitting 2 in the lower half has a concave and convex shape having a concave portion 4 in the central portion, and a step wall 5 on the right side in the figure of the concave and convex portion has a first inner diameter of about 5 mm as shown in FIG. Insertion holes 6 are provided at two places spaced apart.

A channel-shaped metal guide rail 7 extending diagonally up and down into the door panel 30 is provided at the lower end of the main body fitting 2. The lower end of the guide rail 7 has a simple cutting shape as shown in FIG.
The conventional hooking claw is not formed. The bottom wall 8 at the upper part of the guide rail 7 abuts on the stepped wall 5 of the main body fitting 2, and the inner diameter of about 5 mm is provided at two locations corresponding to the first insertion hole 6 of the bottom wall 8.
The second insertion hole 9 of is penetrated. Inside the guide rail 7, EPDM (ethylene / propylene / diene copolymer) molded in a channel shape having almost the same length as the guide rail 7 is formed.
A glass run 10 made of rubber is mounted, and two lip portions 10a formed integrally with the opening edge of the channel hold the front edge of the door glass 31 and guide it up and down. The bottom wall 11 of the glass run 10 is in contact with the bottom wall 8 of the guide rail 7, and a third insertion hole 12 having an inner diameter of about 5 mm is provided at two locations corresponding to the second insertion hole 9 of the bottom wall 11. .

From the inside of the glass run 10, two clips 13 integrally molded of a resin having elasticity are provided in the third insertion hole 12, the second insertion hole 9 and the first insertion hole 6 which are aligned with each other. They are inserted in order. This clip 13
A round bar-shaped shaft portion 14 having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameters of the insertion holes 6, 9 and 12, and an outer diameter formed at one end of the shaft portion 14 and having an outer diameter of 1 to 4 mm from the inner diameters of the insertion holes 6, 9 and 12. A bowl-shaped head 15 having a relatively large size, and a triple hakama shape which is formed on the other end of the shaft portion 14 and has an outer diameter larger than the inner diameters of the insertion holes 6, 9 and 12 by about 1 to 4 mm and which can be deflected only in the insertion direction. With the retaining portion 16, the retaining holes 16 are inserted from the insertion holes 6, 9, 12
Is inserted into. After the retaining portion 16 once penetrates the insertion holes 6, 9 and 12, the retaining portion 16 and the head portion 15 are locked around the insertion hole so as not to be removed.

According to the mounting structure of this embodiment constructed as described above, the clip 13 is simply inserted into the first insertion hole 6, the second insertion hole 9 and the third insertion hole 12 which are aligned with each other. The door gusset 1, the guide rail 7 and the glass run 10 can be attached with one touch, and at the same time,
The vertical movement of the glass run 10 in the guide rail 7 can be restricted. Therefore, the guide rail 7 having a simple shape with no hook can be used, and the labor of the hook processing can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced. Further, the screw that has been conventionally interposed between the bottom wall 8 of the guide rail 7 and the bottom wall 11 of the glass run 10 is eliminated, and the extra space formed between both bottom walls 8 and 11 is eliminated. Therefore, the height of the guide rail 7 can be minimized. Therefore, the space occupied by the guide rail 7 in the door panel 30 can be reduced, and the remaining space can be effectively used.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, but may be embodied with appropriate modifications within the scope not departing from the spirit of the invention as follows. (1) First insertion hole 6, second insertion hole 9 and third insertion hole 12
The number of clips 13 may be one set, or three or more sets. (2) The retaining portion 16 of the clip 13 may have a single hakama shape or a double hakama shape. In addition, the specific shape of each part of the clip 13 can be appropriately changed. (3) From the body metal fitting 2 side of the door gusset 1 to the insertion hole 6,
The clip 13 can also be inserted into 9 and 12.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the mounting structure of the present invention, the door gusset, the guide rail, and the glass run can be mounted with one touch, and at the same time, the glass run moves up and down in the guide rail. Can be regulated, and the cost can be reduced by using a guide rail with a simple shape that does not have a latching claw. Furthermore, the height of the guide rail can be minimized to minimize This has an excellent effect that the space occupied by the guide rails can be reduced and the remaining space can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line I-I of FIG. 3 showing a mounting structure of a door gusset, a guide rail and a glass run according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a II portion of FIG. 3 showing the same mounting structure.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the mounting structure.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 6, showing a conventional mounting structure for a door gusset, a guide rail, and a glass run.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a V portion of FIG. 6 showing the mounting structure.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the same mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door gazette 2 Main body metal fitting 6 First insertion hole 7 Guide rail 8 Bottom wall 9 Second insertion hole 10 Glass run 11 Bottom wall 12 Third insertion hole 13 Clip 14 Shaft part 15 Head part 16 Stopping part 30 Door panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first insertion hole is provided in a main body fitting of a door gusset to be assembled on an upper portion of a door panel of an automobile, and a second insertion hole is provided in a bottom wall of a channel-shaped guide rail extending to the inside of the door panel. A third insertion hole is provided in the bottom wall of the glass run mounted inside the guide rail, and the first insertion hole, the second insertion hole and the third insertion hole which are matched with each other are provided with a head portion and a head portion at both ends of the shaft portion. A mounting structure for a door gusset, a guide rail, and a glass run, wherein a clip having a retaining portion is inserted from the retaining portion side.